jalapeños

Spicy green chilies

Jalapeños is the plural of jalapeño, a medium-hot chile pepper commonly used in Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking.

The peppers are typically green, turning red when fully ripe, and appear fresh, pickled, or smoked (when dried and smoked, they become chipotles).

I'll have extra jalapeños on my nachos.

culinary

peppers

Seasons or bombards repeatedly

hot sauce · pico de gallo · stuffed peppers · poppers · tacos · burritos · quesadillas · cornbread · chili · relish

heat

spicy

Having strong heat

burning · fiery · pungent · mild · medium · kick · zing · tingle · seeds · ribs

preserved

pickled

Preserved in acidic solution

escabeche · jarred · shelf-stable · carrots · onions · preserved · condiment · topping · deli · sandwich

cultivation

pepper plant

Cultivated capsicum shrub

growing · seedlings · transplant · green · red · ripening · soil · watering · full sun · container

Categories
Opposites
heat/spiciness level

jalapeñosbell peppers

Mild hollow vegetables

sweet peppers · banana peppers · pimentos · poblanos · pepperoncini

flavor intensity

jalapeñosiceberg lettuce

Compact, pale salad green

cucumber · tofu · plain rice · white bread · celery

Phrases
Family

jalapeño, capsicum

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G